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Bruce Sutter
Howard Bruce Sutter

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut May 9, 1976
  vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 9, 1988
Born January 8, 1953 in Lancaster, PA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006.

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1976 23 CHC NL   6   3  52   0   0   0  28 10   83.3   63   27   25   4   26   73   0   2   332   8   0  2.70  3.82  142 1.068
 1977 24 CHC NL   7   3  62   0   0   0  48 31  107.3   69   21   16   5   23  129   1   7   411   7   0  1.34  4.38  327 0.857 MVP-7,CYA-6,AS
 1978 25 CHC NL   8  10  64   0   0   0  47 27   99.0   82   44   35  10   34  106   1   8   414   7   1  3.18  4.01  126 1.172 MVP-20,AS
 1979 26 CHC NL   6   6  62   0   0   0  56 37  101.3   67   29   25   3   32  110   0   9   403   5   0  2.22  4.15  187 0.977 MVP-7,CYA-1,AS
 1980 27 CHC NL   5   8  60   0   0   0  43 28  102.3   90   35   30   5   34   76   1   2   423   8   4  2.64  3.93  149 1.212 AS
 1981 28 STL NL   3   5  48   0   0   0  36 25   82.3   64   24   24   5   24   57   1   0   328   8   1  2.62  3.56  136 1.069 MVP-8,CYA-5,AS
 1982 29 STL NL   9   8  70   0   0   0  58 36  102.3   88   38   33   8   34   61   3   5   424  13   0  2.90  3.64  126 1.192 MVP-5,CYA-3
 1983 30 STL NL   9  10  60   0   0   0  46 21   89.3   90   45   42   8   30   64   1   2   384  14   2  4.23  3.64   86 1.343
 1984 31 STL NL   5   7  71   0   0   0  63 45  122.7  109   26   21   9   23   77   1   2   477   4   0  1.54  3.52  229 1.076 MVP-6,CYA-3,AS
 1985 32 ATL NL   7   7  58   0   0   0  50 23   88.3   91   46   44  13   29   52   3   0   382   4   0  4.48  3.81   85 1.358
 1986 33 ATL NL   2   0  16   0   0   0  11  3   18.7   17    9    9   3    9   16   0   0    80   2   0  4.34  3.95   91 1.393
 1988 35 ATL NL   1   4  38   0   0   0  26 14   45.3   49   26   24   4   11   40   1   0   193   3   0  4.76  3.66   77 1.324
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Years            71       0       0    300         879       328      309       13  37  4251  83   8  2.83  3.85  136 1.140
 WL%= .489       68     661       0     512    1042.3       370       77       861
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   7  68   0   0   0  52 30  107.0   90   38   33   7   31   88   1   3   437   8   0  2.83  3.85  136 1.140
 Career High      9  10  71   0   0   0  63 45  122.7  109   46   44  13   34  129   3   9   477  14   4  1.34  4.38  327 0.857

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 23 CHC NL  52    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .000  .111  .000  -67    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1977 24 CHC NL  62   20    4    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  10  .150  .227  .150   -0    3   0   0   0   0   1 MVP-7,AS
 1978 25 CHC NL  64   13    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   8  .077  .200  .077  -23    1   4   0   0   0   0 MVP-20,AS
 1979 26 CHC NL  62   12    0    3   0  0   0    3   1  0   1   5  .250  .308  .250   49    3   2   0   0   0   0 MVP-7,AS
 1980 27 CHC NL  60    9    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .111  .111  .111  -39    1   1   0   0   0   0 AS
 1981 28 STL NL  48    9    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .000  .100  .000  -70    0   0   0   0   1   0 MVP-8,AS
 1982 29 STL NL  70    8    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .125  .111  .125  -34    1   2   1   0   0   0 MVP-5
 1983 30 STL NL  60    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1984 31 STL NL  71   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-6,AS
 1985 32 ATL NL  58    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1986 33 ATL NL  16    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 35 ATL NL  38    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .500  .000   54    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     661  102    6    9   0  0   0    6   1  0   7  50  .088  .153  .088  -33    9  10   1   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         25    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  12  .088  .153  .088  -33    2   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     71   20    4    3   0  0   0    3   1  0   2  10                           3   4   1   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1976 23 CHC NL    9    8    0   0.0    98| .000  .272| .111  .339| .000  .387| .111  .726| -67  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1977 24 CHC NL   22   18    1   1.5   112| .150  .282| .227  .351| .150  .430| .377  .781|  -0  .113  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1978 25 CHC NL   19   16    1   1.7   104| .077  .275| .200  .345| .077  .405| .277  .750| -23  .157  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1979 26 CHC NL   15   11    1   2.4   108| .250  .280| .308  .347| .250  .416| .558  .763|  49  .254  -0.9  -0.1 100%
 1980 27 CHC NL   10    9    0   0.0   101| .111  .275| .111  .338| .111  .399| .222  .737| -39  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1981 28 STL NL   10    9    0   0.0    94| .000  .266| .100  .332| .000  .381| .100  .713| -70  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1982 29 STL NL   11   10    0   0.0    95| .125  .267| .111  .330| .125  .388| .236  .718| -34  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1983 30 STL NL    8    8    0   0.0    97| .000  .264| .000  .333| .000  .392| .000  .725|-100  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1984 31 STL NL   10   10    0   0.0    92| .000  .261| .000  .326| .000  .380| .000  .705|-100  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1985 32 ATL NL    4    4    0   0.0    99| .000  .266| .000  .334| .000  .396| .000  .730|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1986 33 ATL NL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .267| .000  .338| .000  .403| .000  .741|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1988 35 ATL NL    2    1    0   0.0    93| .000  .261| .500  .325| .000  .383| .500  .708|  54  .000   0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      121  105    3   0.8   102| .088  .273| .153  .340| .088  .402| .241  .741| -33  .041 -19.3  -1.9 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1976 23 CHC NL P 52 6 9 1 1 .938 .949 0.29 0.72 1.62 1.88 0 83.3 1977 24 CHC NL P 62 11 14 0 0 1.000 .951 0.40 0.67 2.10 1.85 0 107.3 AS 1978 25 CHC NL P 64 12 9 0 0 1.000 .950 0.33 0.72 1.91 1.91 0 98.7 AS 1979 26 CHC NL P 62 9 15 3 0 .889 .952 0.39 0.66 2.13 1.80 0 101.3 AS 1980 27 CHC NL P 60 6 14 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.69 1.76 1.91 0 102.3 AS 1981 28 STL NL P 48 7 8 0 0 1.000 .962 0.31 0.68 1.64 1.97 0 82.3 AS 1982 29 STL NL P 70 6 15 1 5 .955 .950 0.30 0.70 1.85 1.96 0 102.3 1983 30 STL NL P 60 11 19 2 1 .938 .952 0.50 0.68 3.02 1.92 0 89.3 1984 31 STL NL P 71 14 19 0 2 1.000 .954 0.46 0.67 2.42 1.88 0 122.7 AS 1985 32 ATL NL P 58 5 13 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.68 1.83 1.92 0 88.3 1986 33 ATL NL P 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.66 1.93 1.93 0 18.7 1988 35 ATL NL P 38 2 7 2 0 .818 .957 0.24 0.69 1.79 1.97 0 45.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 23 CHC NL P 52 6 9 1 1 .938 .949 0.29 0.72 1.62 1.88 0 83.3 1977 24 CHC NL P 62 11 14 0 0 1.000 .951 0.40 0.67 2.10 1.85 0 107.3 1978 25 CHC NL P 64 12 9 0 0 1.000 .950 0.33 0.72 1.91 1.91 0 98.7 1979 26 CHC NL P 62 9 15 3 0 .889 .952 0.39 0.66 2.13 1.80 0 101.3 1980 27 CHC NL P 60 6 14 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.69 1.76 1.91 0 102.3 1981 28 STL NL P 48 7 8 0 0 1.000 .962 0.31 0.68 1.64 1.97 0 82.3 1982 29 STL NL P 70 6 15 1 5 .955 .950 0.30 0.70 1.85 1.96 0 102.3 1983 30 STL NL P 60 11 19 2 1 .938 .952 0.50 0.68 3.02 1.92 0 89.3 1984 31 STL NL P 71 14 19 0 2 1.000 .954 0.46 0.67 2.42 1.88 0 122.7 1985 32 ATL NL P 58 5 13 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.68 1.83 1.92 0 88.3 1986 33 ATL NL P 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.66 1.93 1.93 0 18.7 1988 35 ATL NL P 38 2 7 2 0 .818 .957 0.24 0.69 1.79 1.97 0 45.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 661 90 145 9 9 .963 .953 0.36 0.69 2.03 1.90 0 1042.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 661 90 145 9 9 .963 .953 0.36 0.69 2.03 1.90 0 1042
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1982   NLCS  STL ATL     W   2   0   0.00  1  0  1  0   4.1   0   0   0   1 
        WS    STL MIL     W   4   0   4.70  1  0  2  0   7.2   6   4   3   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      2-0   6   0   3.00  2  0  3  0  12     6   4   3   7 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   NLCS  STL ATL     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    STL MIL     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   6   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1977   CHC NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1978   CHC NL      1  0  0   1.2   0   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1979   CHC NL      1  0  0   2     2   0   0   2   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1980   CHC NL      0  0  1   2     0   0   0   1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1981   STL NL      0  0  1   1     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1984   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 4/6      0  2  0  2   6.2   2   0   0   3   7  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1977   CHC NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1978   CHC NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1979   CHC NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1980   CHC NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1981   STL NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1984   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/6      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1977
1978 *
1979 *
1980 *
1981 *
1984

Awards
1979-NL-CYA
1979-NL-Rolaids Relief
1981-NL-Rolaids Relief
1982-NL-Babe Ruth Award
1982-NL-Rolaids Relief
1984-NL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1977-NL-7-0.20
1978-NL-20-0.01
1979-NL-7-0.21
1981-NL-8-0.18
1982-NL-5-0.40
1984-NL-6-0.20
Car-192-1.20 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1977-NL-6-0.04
1979-NL-1-0.60
1981-NL-5-0.01
1982-NL-3-0.21
1984-NL-3-0.28
1 Cy Young
Car-40-1.14 shares

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Car-1.140-46

Hits Allowed/9IP
Car-7.59-40

Strikeouts/9IP
Car-7.43-54

Games
1981 NL-48-6
1982 NL-70-7
1984 NL-71-5

Saves
1977 NL-31-2
1978 NL-27-4
1979 NL-37-1
1980 NL-28-1
1981 NL-25-1
1982 NL-36-1
1983 NL-21-4
1984 NL-45-1
1985 NL-23-6
Car-300-21

SO to Walk
Car-2.79-49

Wild Pitches
1979 NL-9-7

Games Finished
1977 NL-48-7
1978 NL-47-6
1979 NL-56-2
1980 NL-43-8
1981 NL-36-4
1982 NL-58-3
1983 NL-46-7
1984 NL-63-1
1985 NL-50-2
Car-512-32

Adjusted ERA+
Car-136-21

Salary
1985 NL-$1,354,167-10
1986 NL-$1,729,167-8
1987 NL-$1,729,167-8
1988 NL-$1,729,167-10

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 15 (141) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 30 (769) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 17.0 (385) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 91.0 (116) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 21st round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign.

September 9, 1971: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1980: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later, Leon Durham, and Ken Reitz. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ty Waller (December 22, 1980) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Atlanta Braves$1,354,167
1986Atlanta Braves$1,729,167
1987Atlanta Braves$1,729,167
1988Atlanta Braves$1,729,167
1989Atlanta Braves$1,729,167
1990Atlanta Braves$1,729,167
Career (may be incomplete)$10,000,002

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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